John R Pierce wrote: > On 06/06/11 7:31 PM, Kenneth Porter wrote: >> think that's a feature of a GUI-based system. > > indeed, this is a ongoing peeve of mine with linux. getting wireless > networking functioning without those GUI helpers is a real pain too. > > this stuff should all be implemented in underlying daemons, with both > text and GUI control surfaces. > > > "system-network-config-cmd -p WirelessHome -a" will select existing profile WirelessHome and activate it. It's not NetworkManager but "network" service. "iwlist ath0 scanning will list all available AP's in range so you can choose ESSID for system-config-network config screen (it should work in console mode. Ljubomir)